A study finds that only two out of ten young job seekers look for employment with private companies.

A Statistics Korea study shows 614-thousand people young people were looking for jobs in May, accounting for eleven percent of the nation’s five-point-four million economically inactive young population.

Only 22 percent of the job seekers said they are looking for jobs at private companies.

About 30 percent said they are preparing for ordinary civil servant examinations, while ten percent said they are preparing for higher civic service exams or seeking to become professionals.